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........ ... i Heppner, i t p p u c i , v Oregon ic y u ii v v c u i i c o u c i y , i November v c i i i u c i 7, i , 2007 t - - m iim l - Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, NINE IHS classes learn about wildlife Heppner Methodist Women donate Second man arrested in fatal El Monte racing crash habitat and forestry health raffle money t0 Senior Center Editor's Note: The following story cun he found at www.cbs2.com. Steve Groce, a 1982 graduate o f Heppner High School, lost his family in the October 8 accident. * * M — 2 ___ »I ■ Is ® , M S iÉ y Students listening to Dale Boyd from the L.S. Forest Service, Hep pner Ranger District, at a Heppner lookout tower. Peggy Conner, president of the Heppner Methodist Women presents a check for S300 to Kathy Turner, manager of the St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The Heppner Meth o d ist W omen held th eir annual fall bazaar and lun cheon on Friday, November 2, in the basement social hall o f the Methodist Church. At noon, a drawing was held to raffle off a quilt Kristi Groves visiting with students along one of the many fish habitat restoration projects the Forest Service is working on. lone High School advanced biology and crop science classes spent two days in the foothills o f the Blue M ountains getting a first hand look at the im provements being made to wildlife habitat and forestry health. With the assistance o f H eppner forest ra n g ers, Dale Boyd and Kristi Groves, students from Erin Heideman and Dale H ol land’s classes attended an overnight field trip to view fish habitat restoration proj ects and the process a for est undergoes as it battles erosion, loss o f vegetation and the right o f succession o f new forest growth after a fire. “ What a tremendous opportunity for our kids,” said Dale Holland. That night, students and chaperons stayed the night at Joe M cE lligott’s cabin before touring the logging operation o f Bruce Young. “It was very gener ous o f Joe and our other chaperons to attend,” said Erin Heideman, crop sci ence teacher. Dana Heideman do nated the proceeds from a float trip he captains that was auctioned during the lone 4Ih o f July celebration that made the field trip pos sible. Heppner FFA news By: Kendra Rayburn Recently 12 m em bers o f the Heppner FFA chapter hopped on a plane and flew to Indianapolis, IN. They were heading to the 80th National FFA Con vention. The students were ch ap ero n ed by th e ir Ag teacher, Beth Dickenson, as well as Heppner High School principal, Daye Stone. Also traveling with the Heppner kids were 3 students from Condon, along with their advisor, Kris Kizer. The kids were gone for duration o f eight days. They got to see many new and different things. From roller coasters to Amish, the kids were very enthusiastic. They also got an opportunity to meet Mrs. D ickenson’s parents, w ho raise D raft horses. A few tours they at tended were: Lincoln Elec tric, Churchill Downs, Lou isville Slugger Factory, and Select Sires AI Facility. By W ednesday af tern o o n , they arrived in Indianapolis for conven tion. This was a very big year for convention. There were 56,000 FFA members attending. At convention, mem bers attended sessions, and went on tours, such as Dow Agrosciences and Lincoln Tech. 11 o f the 15 members also got the chance to do some service at convention. They w ere a part o f the National Courtesy Corps. Their duties involved tak ing tickets for the hypnotist show. This proves to be a very humorous and reward ing event. The stu d en ts and chaperones returned home on O ctober 28. Everyone that attended the convention were thankful for being able to attend such a memorable event. The FFA is apprecia tive o f everyone that had helped out in the process of the fundraising. Baker Elks Hall to host Dancing with the Blues Jim m y Lloyd Rea and the Switchmasters will provide the m usic at an event called Dancing with the Blues on Saturday, No vem ber 10, at the Baker Elks Hall for a meet and greet with a few democratic candidates. Democratic candi dates Jeff Merkley, Steve Novick, and Vicki Walker will have approxim ately seven minutes each to give an onstage speech. A fter their speeches, each can didate will have their own stage in different areas to hold a talk to citizens and answer questions from the press. Tickets for this event are $ 10 for adults and $7.50 for 18 and under. ID is required for this event and will last from 7-12 p.m. The Baker Elks Hall is located at 1896 Second Street in Baker. For more informa tion contact Chuck Butcher at 541-519-7080. hanging donated by Daisy Collins. $300 was raised during the raffle and was donated to the St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The quilt hanging was won by Maureen How ard. Oregon East ODFW Access Symphony to and Habitat present concert Program grant The O reg o n East Symphony w ill join with its preparatory orchestra, the A Sharp Players, to present a concert Sat. Nov. 17 at 7:30 pm at the Vert Auditorium, 400 SW Dorion, in Pend leton. Under the baton of Kenneth Woods o f Wales, U .K., the two orchestras will present B eethoven's Eighth Symphony. The OES will present a new work by Leandro Espinosa o f La Grande his “Movement for Strings.” Leandro Espinosa is a professor at Eastern O regon U niversity in La G rande. He conducts the Grand Ronde Symphony, teach es cello and is b e com ing w ell-know n as a composer. He is a native of Mexico. Tickets can be pur chased at the door, at Arm chair Books in Pendleton or by calling the OES office at 541-276-0320. The A Sharp Play ers consists o f musicians from age 11 through adult with helpers from the OES. They rehearse every Sunday for two hours from October until their final concert in April. It is open to anyone who plays at an intermedi ate level, and has no age requirements. Over time, many of the A# Players become regu lar members o f the OES. Ken Woods of Wales directs this group and Travis Sipher, strings instructor in Pend leton, directs them when Ken is out o f town. They prepare and perform basic symphonic literature. Other concerts and recitals sponsored by the OES are Ken Woods, cellist and conductor o f the OES in a recital with Sheila Zilar, pianist, from Richland, WA on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Arts Center o f Pend leton. The Holiday Music Festival featuring the OES Chorale, a local bell choir and the A Sharp Players w ill be presented Sat. Dec. 8 at 7:30 in the Vert Auditorium, 400 SW Dorion. Ask Us About Our FULL COLOR PRINTING SYSTEM Heppner G-T . 188 West Willow • 676-9228 ) A 21-year-old man allegedly involved in a street race that resulted in the death o f a woman and her two young children in El Monte was in custody Tues day following his arrest in Mexico, police said. Martin Marones o f El Monte was tracked dow n in Mexico by the U.S. Mar shals Service, El M onte police Lt. Ken Alva said. El Monte police of ficials plan to hold a news conference at 10 a.m. re garding M arones’ arrest, Alva said. Marones is expected to be charged with three counts of murder, plus hit- and-run charges — the same charges brought against the other driver, 19-year-old Robert Canizalez. The tw o are accused o f killing 41-year-old Dora Groce, her 8-year-old son, Robert, and her 4-year-old daughter, Catherine, dur ing a street race on Oct. 8. The drivers w ere racing north on Parkw ay D rive w hen a gray N issan Al- tima came out o f a trailer park and was broadsided by C an iza le z ’s M ustang, El Monte police Detective Ralph Batres said. T he A ltim a b u rst into flames, killing Groce an d h e r tw o c h ild r e n . Canizalez was arrested on the night o f the crash by El Monte police and is being held at the M en’s Central Jail in downtown Los An geles on $3 m illion bail. He was set to be arraigned Thursday in Pomona Supe rior Court. M a ro n e s w as at large until Monday's arrest. No information was imme diately released on when he would be arraigned in California. An attorney, mean w hile, said he w ould be filing a $100 million suit in Los A ngeles S uperior Court Tuesday on b eh alf o f th e v ic tim s ’ fam ily . The suit will state that the two men involved in the race are liable for w rong ful death, gross negligence and intentional negligence. It will also allege product liability and negligence on the part o f Nissan, accord ing to attorney Charles T. Mathews. keeps 42,000 acres of private land near Heppneropen FBLA students attend to hunting for National Fall Leadership five years Conference A $3 19,780 grant from the Oregon D epart ment o f Fish and Wildlife’s Access and Habitat Program will keep the 42,304-acre Heppner Regulated Hunt Area open to public hunt ing access on an ‘welcome to hunt basis’ for the next five years. The Heppner Regu lated Hunt Area is located about two miles southeast o f Heppner and is comprised o f a block o f private lands that are open to year-round public access for a variety o f outdoor recreational op portunities including hunt ing, fishing and camping. In return, the landowners receive a per-acre payment provided by the Access and Habitat Program grant. In addition, the Oregon State Police patrols the area daily during hunting seasons. In existence since 1968, the Heppner Regu lated Hunt Area is extremely popular with the public. In 2006, more than 2,000 hunt ers used the area for a total of 7,253 hunter days. Hunting opportunities include mule deer. Rocky Mountain elk, pronghorn, pheasant, Hun garian partridge, chukar, California quail, blue and ruffed grouse, wild turkey and mourning dove. ODFW also works with the six participating landowners to manage mo tor vehicle use of the area and assist w ith wildlife habi tat improvement projects. The A&H Program is funded hy a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses. Funds raised by the program are distributed through grants to individual and corporate landowners, conservation organizations and others for cooperative wildlife habitat im provem ent and hunter access projects throughout the state. F o r in fo r m a tio n on the A&H Program call program coordinator Matt Keenan at 503-947-6087 or visit the Web site at www. d fw. state. or. us/A H/. Pictured are Baillie Keithley, Ashley Wolff and Kellee Jones. On N o v e m b e r 2 and 3, a small entourage o f Heppner High students accom panied their FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) advisor, Darlene Marquardt, to the National Fall Leadership Conference (NFLC) held this year in Portland. S tudents from all over the United States attend one o f four NFCL confer ences this month. It will be several years before the con ference will be in Portland again. Students from Tex as, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Washington, Or egon and several other states gathered in Portland to at tend workshops and listen to motivational speakers. The w eekend was fast-paced and exciting. Stu dents came home motivated to be leaders in their school and community. Heppner students w ill be raising funds to pay for the trip they just took and build up funds for a regional trip in February and State Conference in April. Anyone wishing to donate to help defer expenses may send a check to Heppner High School FBLA. Pheasant’s Forever to hold youth pheasant hunt able. The ‘Columbia Pla teau Chapter o f Pheasant's Forever’ will be holding a Ringneck Youth Pheasant Hunt Saturday, November 17, at Jeff Cutsforth’s Farm on Nicholls Road in Lex ington. The event is open to any youth 17 and under. Refreshments will be avail Registration is lim ited to the first 24 callers. Each hunter must be ac companied by a non-hunter 21 years o f age or older. A Safety meeting will be held before the hunt for all par ticipants. Those interested can signup by calling Mike Bennett at 676-5798 in the evenings. State Weed Board grants available The Oregon State Weed Board inv ites you to ap ply for grant funding for noxious weed control projects related to the protection and enhancement of watersheds and fish and wildlife. The closing date for this round of grant funding is December 3. Information regarding grant applications may be obtained through the Morrow County Weed Control office (5 4 1-989-9502) or online at theODA Noxious Weed Con trol web page at http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/ WEEDS.grantindex.shtml. ) r
